Multiple Language Scripture Reading
Psalm 139:13-16 (MSG)
(ENGLISH)
Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
(GERMAN)
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
(JAPANESE)
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
(SPANISH)
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
1 Peter 1:13-16 (MSG)
(URDU)
So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives.
(KOREAN)
Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now.
(FRENCH)
As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness.
[CHINESE (Cantonese)]
God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”
John 3:5-6 (MSG)
(KISWAHILI)
Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom.
(All 9 Languages)
When you look at a baby, it’s just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can’t see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.